Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Politics, Policies and Practices in a Globalized Society

<p>Introduction.- Part I: The Politics of Bilingual Education.- Mexico’s Politics, Policies and Practices for Bilingual Education and English as a Foreign Language in Primary Public Schools; José Luis Ramírez-Romero, Ernesto Vargas-Gil.- Languages in Nigeria’s Educational Sector: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives; Bobby Ojose.- Bilingual Education Policies in Colombia: Seeking Relevant and Sustainable Frameworks for Meaningful Minority Inclusion; Raúl Alberto Mora, Tatiana Chiquito, Julián David Zapata.- Part II: Teacher Preparation.- A Comparative Study of Bilingual Teacher Preparation Programs in California and Spain; Laura Alonso, Gemma Delicado, Francisco Ramos.- Politics and Policies Affecting Bilingual Teacher Preparation Practices in United States: A Tale of Two Programs; B. Gloria Guzmán Johannessen, Nilsa J. Thorsos, Gail Dickinson.- Part III: Culture Preservation and Identity.- Multilingual Education in Kenya: Implications for Culture Preservation and Transmission; Samuel K. Bore.- Puerto Rico’s Cultural and Linguistic Realities: Search for National, Social, and Individual Identities; Nilsa J. Torsos.- Dual Language Teachers: An Exploration of Teachers’ Linguistic Identities and Pedagogy in a U.S.-Mexico Frontera Dual Language Program; Brenda Oriana Aranda.- Part IV: Education of Language Minorities Populations.- Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Miskito Cost of Nicaragua; David C. Edgerton, B Gloria Guzmán Johannessen.- Is Globalization Revitalizing Indigenous and Minority Languages in Chile? Isabel Bustamante-López.- Part V: Bilingual Education at a Time of Crisis.- Saving the Children: The Challenges of Educating Refugee Youth; Aram Ayalon, Michal Ayalon.- Cambodia’s Emerging Bilingual Education Programs – Success in a System in Crisis; Gail Dickinson.</p>